Solar

Pennon acquires solar sites

Pennon has acquired three solar PV generation sites that will add around 95GWh of renewable energy to the company's portfolio. This equates to 40% of Pennon's electricity usage as it works towards a target of 50% renewable self-generation as part of net zero ambitions.

Consent granted for 500MW solar and storage project

UK must plan for hotter summers without coal

EDF secures funding for space-based solar study

EDF will lead a study exploring the value of introducing space-based solar power into the UK’s grid. It is one of eight projects to win government funding to develop space-based solar initiatives. Other winning projects include Cambridge University, who will develop ultra-lightweight solar panels to be connected to satellites that can function in the high-radiation conditions of space, and Queen Mary University in London, who are working on a wireless system to enable the solar power collected in space to be transferred to earth.

Call for solar on non-prime land to be exempt from planning rules

Lightsource BP launches AI home energy assistant

Solar PV developer secures £310m to deliver 1GW pipeline

SSE folds solar and battery team into renewables arm

SSE is folding its 100-strong solar and battery team, which up until now has been incubated in the group’s Enterprise division, into SSE Renewables. The company said the move will help the solar and battery business to grow in scale, whilst also enabling SSE Renewables to benefit from the team's expertise.

Solar farm connects to transmission network in UK first

70GW solar target risks being missed, MPs warn

The government faces a "considerable shortfall" in meeting its target to install 70GW of solar generation by 2035, a cross party group of MPs has warned energy secretary Grant Shapps. To address the predicted shortfall the Environment Audit Committee has called on Shapps to remove existing barriers to solar installations.

Construction begins on UK’s largest solar farm

Government urged to review planning rules for water projects

Public offered stake in Britain’s first shared solar park

Households across Britain will be able to buy into the country’s first shared solar park from tomorrow (18 April), it has been announced. It comes after Ripple Energy completed a deal with Derril Water Solar Park developer RES to provide an alternative ownership model.  

Greencoat and Innova partner to build 5GW of solar and storage

Renewable power reaches record high as capacity grows

Renewable generation in 2022 matched 2020’s record high despite less favourable weather conditions, according to new government statistics.